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Where ISIS Is Gaining Control in Iraq and Syria

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — the Sunni jihadi organization that was once part of Al Qaeda — has effectively gained control of large swaths of Iraq and Syria over the past year.Related Article

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Hasakah

Erbil

Tuesday: Mosul

Aleppo

Raqqa

Kirkuk

Deir al-Zour

iran

Hama

Wednesday: Baiji

Homs

Tikrit

lebanon

syria

Samarra

Ramadi

Damascus

Baghdad

Falluja

iraq

israel

ISIS control of cities

Recent attacks

Partial or complete

Contested

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Basra

kuwait

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Mosul Heavy fighting erupted here, the country’s second largest city, on June 7. By Tuesday, extremists had taken over. Thousands of civilians fled, south toward Baghdad and east toward the autonomous region of Kurdistan.

Baiji On Wednesday, ISIS fighters occupied facilities in this strategic oil refining town, including a power station that supplies electricity to Baghdad and Kirkuk.

Tikrit Also Wednesday, the militants seized this city, famous as the hometown of Saddam Hussein, with little resistance.

Hasakah

Tuesday: Mosul

Aleppo

Erbil

Raqqa

Kirkuk

Deir al-Zour

Hama

Wednesday: Baiji

Homs

Tikrit

lebanon

syria

Samarra

Damascus

Ramadi

Baghdad

Falluja

iraq

iran

ISIS control of cities

Recent attacks

Partial or complete

Contested

Basra

kuwait

turkey

Hasakah

Erbil

Tue.: Mosul

Aleppo

Raqqa

Kirkuk

Deir al-Zour

Hama

Wed.: Baiji

Homs

Tikrit

syria

Samarra

Ramadi

Damascus

Baghdad

Falluja

iraq

jordan

ISIS control of cities

Recent attacks

Partial or complete

Contested

Mosul Heavy fighting erupted here, the country’s second largest city, on June 7. By Tuesday, extremists had taken over. Thousands of civilians fled, south toward Baghdad and east toward the autonomous region of Kurdistan.

Baiji On Wednesday, ISIS fighters occupied facilities in this strategic oil refining town, including a power station that supplies electricity to Baghdad and Kirkuk.

Tikrit Also Wednesday, the militants seized this city, famous as the hometown of Saddam Hussein, with little resistance.